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ORD → DTW

Chicago O'Hare International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
71.1%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
3.2%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
89 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
6,013
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 37%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 32%
  • Air traffic control & airport 16%
  • Extreme weather 15%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 79.4% 482
October 2025 74.4% 520
November 2025 74.4% 472
December 2025 53.8% 419
January 2026 59.7% 408
February 2026 71.5% 443
March 2026 61.0% 488
April 2026 75.5% 567
May 2026 77.1% 599
June 2026 70.5% 523
July 2026 78.3% 533
August 2026 69.7% 559

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
SkyWest Airlines 2,563 64.6% 3.5% 95 min
Delta Air Lines 1,156 77.3% 3.2% 99 min
Envoy Air 946 78.2% 3.4% 56 min
United Airlines 827 70.0% 1.0% 83 min
Republic Airways 454 79.2% 4.6% 82 min
American Airlines 47 70.7% 12.8% 137 min
OH 20 60.0% 0.0% 68 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • DL2039

    13% late · 349 flights

  • OO5756

    26% late · 219 flights

  • DL2358

    31% late · 192 flights

  • DL1654

    21% late · 171 flights

  • DL1716

    24% late · 148 flights

  • OO5890

    32% late · 140 flights

  • OO5717

    20% late · 132 flights

  • OO4773

    35% late · 114 flights

  • OO5785

    53% late · 109 flights

  • OO5833

    23% late · 107 flights

  • DL1084

    37% late · 105 flights

  • MQ4103

    9% late · 103 flights

  • OO5232

    42% late · 103 flights

  • OO4456

    26% late · 99 flights

  • OO5867

    17% late · 82 flights

  • UA2426

    42% late · 82 flights

  • OO3673

    18% late · 78 flights

  • YX3475

    25% late · 77 flights

  • MQ3500

    39% late · 76 flights

  • OO4931

    42% late · 76 flights

  • MQ3498

    13% late · 75 flights

  • MQ3980

    13% late · 72 flights

  • MQ4058

    24% late · 71 flights

  • OO6049

    20% late · 70 flights

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